Hohenbergia pennae Palmeiras Bulbous Fairly heavily armed with stout

Fairly heavily armed with stout spines

Once in the Pseudo-Catopsis subfamily of Tillandsia which was elevated to Racinaea

A must for collectors

A new large growing species from the region of the Alto Cariri State Park in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais

In foliosa

Hohenbergia pennae Palmeiras Bulbous Fairly heavily armed with stoutA plant with an outstanding shape. Take away the few leaves that flare out and youre left with basically the shape of an old bottle of Chianti. (See photo of wild plants in habitat below). Very bulbous with a constricted throat formed of wavy margined leaves that are very wide at the base and narrow abruptly where they bend to flare out at the neck of the plant. The color is dark, mottled blackish purple over pale green to brownish, with dark colored